Locutions Avancées Flashcards

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Nonsense! I don’t believe a word!

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A d’autres!

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According o what….. As far as…

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À ce que

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Without the knowledge of

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À l’insu de

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As far as the eye can see

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À perte de vue

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Within the reach

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À portée de

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Groping

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À tâtons

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At random, without rhyme or reason

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à tort et à travers

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By turns, alternately, in rotation

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À tour de rôle

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At every turn, on every location

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À tout bout de champ

À tout propos

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At full speed, as fast as one’s legs will carry one

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À toutes jambes

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Perceptibly, visibly

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À vue d’œil

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To misuse, take (an unfair) advantage of

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Abuser de

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To be fond of good living

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Aimer la bonne chère

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After all, who all is said and done

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Au bout du compte

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(In proportion) as, progressively

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Au fur et à mesure

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Literally

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Au pied de la lettre

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To deal with, to have to do with someone

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Avoir affaire à (avec) quelqu’un

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To split hairs

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Couper les cheveux et quatre

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To shout at the top of one’s voice

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Crier à tue-tête

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Willy nilly, voluntarily or by force

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De gré ou de force

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The wrong way, amiss, awry

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De travers

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To sleep outdoors

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Dormir à le belle étoile

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To sleep soundly, to have no cause for anxiety

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Dormir sur les deux oreilles

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To come to blows

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En venir aux mains

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To have been born under a lucky star, with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

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Être né coiffé

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Tomake a mountain out of a molehill

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Faire d’un mouche un éléphant

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To make one’s mouth water

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Faire venir l’eau à la bouche

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To make ends meet

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To have nothing todo with, to not be concerned with

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N’avoir rien à voir à

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To spend a sleepless night

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Passer une nuit blanche

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To make matters worse, to crown one’s troubles

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Pour comble de malheur

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To put on weight, get fat

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Prendre de l’embonpoint

Prendre du corps

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To take a dislike to

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Prendre en grippe

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To catch in the act

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Prendre sur le fait

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To go about it, manage it

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S’y prendre

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To turn back, retrace one’s steps

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Rebrousser chemin

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To move heave and earth

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Remuer ciel et terre

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Just as it is, on the same condition

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Tel que

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To beat around the bush

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Tourner autour du pot

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To live from hand to mouth

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